Body found in Canada may be that of missing North Ridgeville hiker

NEW HAZELTON, British Columbia -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police suspect a body found in the Gull Creek Area near a waterfall is Warren Andrew Sill, a 26-year-old North Ridgeville man who went missing in July while he was filming a documentary in Canada, according to police.

Members of a local Search and Rescue Team located what appeared to be a shirt belonging to Sill near a waterfall site on Nov. 16 near a pool that could not be accessed through the summer months due to the terrain and high water level. Since the waterfall level subsided two pool area were searched by SAR teams.

"Due to the decreased water levels at this time of the year, members were able to access the area and located a body, said Cst. Lesley Smith, North District Media Relations Officer. "All circumstantial evidence leads us to believe it is the missing hiker from Ohio but the British Columbia Coroner's Service are still in the process of confirming the identity through dental records."

Police found his abandoned car parked at the entrance of Whiskey Creek Trail on July 10 and learned that Sill was in the area filming a documentary on the Kermode Bear titled "Spirit Bear." SAR teams conducted an extensive search for Sill but did not find anything and concluded the search on July 20.